In 2025, fire departments serving Doyle responded to 18 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Passenger vehicle fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 67% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
128 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $173K cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 14 | — | |
| 2022 | 22 | — | |
| 2023 | 46 | +109.1% | |
| 2024 | 28 | -39.1% | |
| 2025 | 18 | -35.7% |
* Well below Doyle's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.
For the 0 building fires Doyle departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 31 building fires investigators classified across 2021–2025. The room or location where ignition occurred — kitchens, bedrooms, exterior, vehicle areas — tells you where to focus prevention.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wall surface: exterior | 5 | 16.1% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 16.1% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 5 | 16.1% | |
| 4 | Other | 2 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 6.5% | |
| 7 | Outside area, other | 2 | 6.5% | |
| 8 | Storage: supplies or tools; dead storage | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 10 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 5 | 16.1% |
NFIRS Heat Source (HEAT_SOURC) — the physical thing that started it. Spark or ember from operating equipment, an open flame, smoking materials, or hot embers from a fireplace are the leading culprits nationwide. Here's the Doyle mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 12 | 38.7% | |
| 2 | Radiated heat from another fire | 3 | 9.7% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 6.5% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 2 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Match | 2 | 6.5% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 10 | Fireworks | 1 | 3.2% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 4 | 12.9% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Doyle sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 39,649 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,646 | 41.6 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,450 | 42.4 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,925 | 48.1 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,480 | 19.1 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,214 | 34.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,080 | 27.1 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,035 | 39.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,018 | 23.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,000 | 42.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,747 | 38.0 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,560 | 38.5 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,120 | 26.2 mi |
Top 7 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Tennessee cities with population within ±25% of Doyle. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Doyle.
A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.
Numbers reflect incidents reported by participating fire departments to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release for calendar year 2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Per-capita comparisons use 2023 ACS population estimates. Wildland fire data complements NFIRS with NIFC and USFS perimeters. Active-fire counts come from a dated NIFC snapshot, not a live feed.